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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Israel carried out air strikes when the firefight erupted Seven Palestinians, including a local militant commander, have been killed during a covert Israeli operation in Gaza, Palestinian officials say. An Israeli soldier was also killed and another wounded, the Israeli military said, after a firefight erupted. Palestinians said an Israeli…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The freed students being helped into a truck by paramilitary force in Bamenda Schoolchildren kidnapped from a boarding school in Cameroon’s North-West region have met the regional governor after being freed. The 78 boys and girls and three others were seized early on Sunday in the region’s capital, Bamenda. A…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCelebrations and sickness – thousands of migrants make it to Mexico, but what happens next?President Donald Trump has said the US will “begin cutting off” foreign aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over the unfolding migrant crisis. Mr Trump criticised the countries on Monday for allowing…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJoachim Ronneberg led a vital commando raidJoachim Ronneberg, the Norwegian resistance fighter who sabotaged Nazi Germany’s nuclear weapons ambitions during World War Two, has died aged 99. In 1943, he led a top-secret raid on a heavily-guarded plant in Norway’s southern region of Telemark. The operation was…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption John Bolton is reported to have pushed for withdrawal from the arms treaty US National Security Adviser John Bolton has been holding talks in Russia after it condemned US plans to pull out of a key nuclear treaty. President Donald Trump said Russia had violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF)…

Image copyright EVN Image caption Those there screamed as the floor collapsed At least 30 people were injured when a floor collapsed at a party at Clemson University, South Carolina. The Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity annual homecoming party was just getting started when the floor gave way. Police said some of the attendees broke bones…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Lioness Zuri had lived with Nyack for eight years and the zoo said the two had never shown aggression before A lioness has killed the father of her three cubs in their pen at a zoo in the US, officials say. Zuri, 12, attacked 10-year-old Nyack and staff at Indianapolis…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMr Macron meant “start” but actually said “stop”, aides sayFrench President Emmanuel Macron made a faux pas by saying in error that UK visitors would need French visas if there is a no-deal Brexit, aides say. He had meant to say that British people would not need…